Today’s edition is a fun one, I promise!

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I totally thought last week marked the temporary end to discussing new everyday players, but I was wrong. Instead, a flurry of callups have been made, which means more new faces to get acquainted with!

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You thought my adventures into new everyday players was over, but the fresh faces keep coming! Let’s review another trio.

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I have an interesting trio of new regulars, so if you’re hunting for an injury replacement or eager to fill that hole in your lineup, one of these players may be your answer.

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The new player never stop coming! Let’s continue on discussing some of the new regulars.

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With only like a month and a half left of the season to go, the name of the game right now is to accumulate as many plate appearances (hopefully good PAs!) as possible. So let’s continue perusing lineups to identify the new names now appearing in them regularly.

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Time to meet some more new players recently joining the starting lineup!

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You had a decision to make recently, didn’t you? You had two starting outfielders in good matchups and you just didn’t know who to choose to start the game. It’s ok. It’s ok. It’s part of the fun. Those micro analyses that bring together all of your understandings of the game of baseball are a lot of fun. At this point in the season, maybe you’re on auto-pilot and you just choose the player who has the highest roster rate in your format because, well heck, everyone else is starting him.

Maybe you’re on the opposite end of the spectrum and you pay too much attention, focusing on minute details such as park factors, hitter/pitcher historical matchups, xwOBA, and more. Whichever style you have held recently, it’s likely that you make good and bad decisions. It’s part of the game. For all the predicting and analyzing we do, baseball is, fairly unpredictable. Let’s go through a few case studies so we can all get some practice. I’ll take two players who appeared at the same position (or position eligibility) and you decide which you would start. Then, we’ll go back and see what actually happened. Let’s get started.

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There are so many new faces to introduce you to and so little time to do so! Today, I continue to discuss a trio of new names finding themselves written onto starting lineup cards on a regular basis (or near regular for those lefties on the strong side of a platoon).

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Let’s keep on trucking along the new everyday player route. Today’s edition is another one team only version. Welcome to the Mariners’ new regular faces!

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